Alamo Group Inc. reported its quarterly earnings yesterday evening after the market close. I’d send you to the financial release on their Web site, but IT’S NOT THERE YET! So here’s the information, courtesy of Business Wire.
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What part of the following story doesn’t suck? You’re working at a gas station in Lodi, Calif., at 1 a.m. (sucks). You get robbed at gunpoint (sucks). You and your co-worker provide valuable evidence that leads to the eventual arrest of the suspects (doesn’t suck). You get fired by Tesoro, the company that owns the […]
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Bennack What do Frank A. Bennack Jr. and Susan Lucci have in common? Nothing until Oct. 22, when Bennack will join Lucci in the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. (Lucci was a 2006 inductee.) Bennack, a San Antonio native, served for 23 years as chief executive officer of Hearst, one of the nation’s largest […]
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How is it that USAA’s commitment to the military seems to always put it on the wrong end of these J.D. Power and Associates customer services rankings? USAA would have been at the top of a ranking of primary mortgage servicer study. But it’s military-heavy business kept it off the list. The title instead went […]
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Gaffney Bob Gaffney has been promoted to vice president of Statia Terminal Operations for NuStar Energy L.P. Gaffney, a 25 year veteran of NuStar and its predecessors, will be managing capital projects, marine and terminal operations, maintenance, and health, safety and environmental programs for the Point Tupper, Nova Scotia and St. Eustatius terminals.
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Companies can barely get employees to take care of themselves to reduce missed work days and lower insurance costs. But the nation’s biggest pet insurance firm figures Texas pet owners will be a little more responsive to looking out for the furry friends. VPI Pet Insurance of Brea, Calif., is launching a new plan for […]
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Optimism among Texas workers is slipping. Texas workers are more optimistic about their jobs than anywhere else in the country. They’re just not as optimistic as they used to be, according to the latest Hudson Employment Index. The Texas workers index crept down 0.9 points from June to July. Stress about anticipated job cuts drove […]
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We don’t really have any news about USAA this morning. But we just wanted to see what would happen if we put USAA in the headline on this blog item. Why? Because every time we run anything on our Web site about USAA, whether it’s a big Sunday story (published on April 8) about how […]
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I don’t often think of comic books when I think about AT&T. (Except for that Death Star thing I’ve talked about more times than my editor wants.) But the Big Blue Marble is sponsoring a comic book contest. Would-be Steve Ditkos are vying for a chance at their own publishing deal. People can view the […]
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DigitalPost Interactive has picked Rackspace Managed Hosting to host two of its Websites. Www.TheFamilyPost.com and www.WebsitesForHeroes.com will get the Rackspace treatment from now on. DigitalPost Interactive provides user-friendly Web platforms for digital media sharing and social networking. At least that’s what they say on their press release.
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